Tab 20. Kalispell Growth Policy 2020 excerpts with comments(Excepts from)
City of Kalispell
Growth Policy
2020
Prepared by:
Kalispell City Planning Board
201 1st Avenue East
Kalispell, MT 59901
(406) 758-7940
Adopted by Kalispell City Council
Resolution 4773
February 18, 2003
Introduction
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When considering zoning, subdivisions and other development issues; the growth policy should be consulted and the
development should be in substantial compliance with the goals and policies. (p. 1)
The policy document has chapters on growth management, land use, the economy, public services and others. Each
chapter is organized into a format of interrelated issues, goals, policies and recommendations. The "issues" are
statements of important trends, problems, opportunities, and community values. The "goals" are basic statements of the
community's aims and priorities. The "policies" are the guidelines and strategies that implement the plan's goals. The
"recommendations" are specific actions to be taken by the City to implement the goals outlined in the document and are
intended as part of an overall implementation strategy. (pp 3-4)
CHAPTER 2. Growth Management
GOALS:
1. ENCOURAGE EFFICIENT USE OF SPACE, ORDERLY GROWTH CONSISTENT WITH HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE,
FISCAL SOUNDNESS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND COMMUNITY VITALITY.
Policies:
2. Encourage consistent government policies for development and infrastructure within urban areas.
CHAPTER 4. Land Use: Business and Industry
Issues:
6. Auto -oriented design of commercial areas that lack pedestrian access and landscaping, have poorly designed parking
lots, obtrusive signage, and reflect franchise architecture contribute to visual clutter that diminish the quality of life in
the area.
GOALS:
8. IMPLEMENT STANDARD THAT ENSURE A HIGH QUALITY FUNCTION AND DESIGN IN NEW DEVELOPMENT.
Recommendations:
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Comment [KVi]: Is it fiscally sound
to pennit growth and development that
seeks to avoid the connection to the
infrastructure upsized to serve it?
Comment [KV2]: No standards have
been articulated for the overall PUD.
12. Encourage design standards Ifor commercial projects that contribute to the character of the community area.
CHAPTER 6. The Economy
Issues:
5. Because the city is influenced by the forces of the county, business and industry benefit from being able to locate in
healthy business districts and a quality built environment. This presents challenges in providing Isound infrastructure
planning, growth management, and environmental protection but also offer opportunities to strengthen the local
economy.
GOALS:
6. NEW BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO LOCATE IN AREAS !WHERE SOUND
INFRASTRUCTURE CAN BE PROVIDED.
Policies:
4. ':Provide for adequate infrastructure and public services to support viable business and industrial districts.
CHAPTER 10. Transportation
GOALS:
1. PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION SYSTEM THAT SERVES THE COMBINED NEEDS OF THE
COMMUNITY AND THE REGION, AND THAT PROVIDES SAFE, CONVENIENT AND ECONOMICAL ACCESS TO ALL
TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
Policies:
6. Provide !access to individual lots by way of local streets to the maximum extent feasible and avoid granting individual
access on to collectors and arterials.
12. Proposed Major Street Network
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Comment [KV3]: None brave been
articulated.
Comment [KV4]: The upsizing of the
Old School Station sewer and water lines
has repeatedly been recognized as "sound
infrastructure planning' for future
development south of Cemetery Road.
Comment [KVS]: The upsized water
and sewer lines adjacent to the subject
property have been provided so the
property south of Cemetery Road could
develop.
Comment [KV6]: The water and
sewer lines south of Cemetery Road have
been provided to support development of
the Gardner/VW property.
Comment [KV7]: The 2-lot
Gardner/VW PUD is being accessed
directly off the l lwy 93 arterial. which
currently allows speeds of 55 MP11.
Feasibility ofother alternatives have not
even been studied.
a. Major Arterials: A major road or highway with moderate to fast speeds and high traffic volumes. Major arterials
provide access to the regional transportation network. They move traffic across the country, between cities and
communities and/or from one major part of the Planning Jurisdiction to another. Throughout the Planning
Jurisdiction individual private accesses onto arterials serving adjacent parcels should be discouraged. Traffic
volumes would typically exceed 15,000 vehicles per day.
Major Arterials: US 93 (including Main Street and Sunset Boulevard)
Minor Arterials: Lower Valley Road, from US 93 to Willow Glen Drive
CHAPTER 11. INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUBLIC SERVICES
SEWER:
2. MAKE PUBLIC SEWER AVAILABLE TO AREAS THAT ARE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SERVICES.
Policies:
4. ;When new sewer mains are installed consideration should be given to the future needs of the area and the mains
upsized accordingly]
Recommendations:
2. Develop and adopt a facilities plan that addresses sewer services in the urban area.
WATER:
4. WHEN NEW MAINS ARE INSTALLED CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE FUTURE NEEDS OF THE
AREA.
CHAPTER 13. Implementation Strategy
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Comment [KV8]: This was done
south of Cemetery Road when the Old
School Station Sewer and Water lines
were installed. This was done to service
the Gardner/VW property.
Comment [KV9]: Saute as above.
1. Zoning Regulations:
The growth policy is a basis for assigning appropriate zoning when land uses change or development occurs. The policy
document anticipates future development patterns, i.e. residential, commercial, and industrial. However, this is the
official growth policy document, but is not a regulatory document. The zoning ordinance functions as an important tool
in implementing the growth policy and is generally used to develop the long range development goals. Appropriate
zoning is generally based upon the growth policy recommendations and policies. Zoning is intended to regulate the
types of uses that may occur on a particular piece of property by establishing different types of zoning districts.
Zoning Regulations Implementation Strategy:
f. Increase the use of the Planned Unit Development zoning overlay process for mixed -use development and other
large or complex land projects{. Comment [KVio]: A PUD
Placeholder has been placed on the
oardnerNW property, but the PUD
7. Extension of Services Plan: prO m is being ignored.
The City of Kalispell adopted an Extension of Services Plan in November of 1995 as required by Montana annexation
statutes, for the extension of City services to areas of the city not currently served and to lands to be annexed. The
Extension of Services Plan addresses policies regarding the extension and construction of new City infrastructure
including streets, water, sewer and storm drainage. It also addresses the provision of fire, police and other emergency
services. The plan establishes a potential utility service area beyond the city limits, which is mapped. The plan
establishes various policy requirements for extension of services within that boundary including an important policy
statement that developers shall be responsible for constructing all infrastructure to serve proposed development in
accordance with City design standards.
The current extension of services plan from November of 1995 is dated with the new information provided from the City
of Kalispell Water, Sewer and Storm Drainage Systems Facility Plan of July 2002 hereinafter referred to as the Kalispell
Facility Plan. This information assesses the current capacities of the City's infrastructure as well as projects future
needs and upgrades.
Extension of Services Plan Implementation Strategy:
Comment [KV11]: Montana Venture
a. Developers be responsible for the installation and cost of utilities needed to serve their development and any Partners, LLC ups ized the water and
p h sewer lines south of Cemetery Road with
upsizing or extra extension should be �eimburseo. the intent mat properties, including the
Gardner/VW PUD, would reimburse the
cost of the upsizing as they develop and
utilize city services.
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f. Explore the use of development agreements for the reimbursement of utility extension costs to encourage the
extension of utilities to areas without services.
Highway 93 South Corridor Growth Policy Amendment
This amendment to the Kalispell Growth Policy 2020 ... would be in addition to the existing goals, policies, text and
maps. The Highway 93 South Corridor is recognized as a major arterial within the larger Kalispell area and as such its
integrity in moving traffic is a primary goal.
Issues:
1. ;Developments along the Highway 93 South corridor has the potential to compromise the primary objective of the
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roadway to move traffic because of additional accesses associated with new development.
4. Corridor development can oftentimes lack quality !landscaping, parking, lighting and architectural design;.
5. Municipal water and sewer have recently been extended south from Kalispell along Highway 93. Adequate capacity is
available to serve all lands within the Highway 93 South Corridor Growth Policy Amendment area.
GOALS:
2. EXPANSION OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOUTH OF CEMETERY ROAD/LOWER VALLEY ROAD NEEDS TO
BE ADDRESSED UNDER A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT IN ORDER TO ADEQUATELY ADDRESS VEHICULAR AND
PEDESTRIAN ACCESS, SIGNAGE, SETBACKS, AND OTHER ISSUES RELATING TO PROTECTING AND PRESERVING
THE COMMUNITY ENTRANCE WAY TO KALISPELL
4. DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE HIGHWAY 93 SOUTH CORRIDOR SHOULD OCCUR IN AREAS WHERE PUBLIC
SERVICES, UTILITIES AND FACILTIES ARE AVAILABLE OR CAN BE PROVIDED.
5. NEW DEVELOPMENT WHETHER COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL OR RESIDENTIAL SHOULD BE OF (HIGH QUALITY IN
DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURAL QUALITY;.
6. FREE FLOWING TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY 93 SHOULD BE MAINTAINED AND NEW DEVELOPMENT SHOULD
INCORPORATE DESIGN AND TRAFFIC FEATURES THAT WILL ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR PRESENT OR FUTURE
TRAFFIC SIGNALS BETWEEN FOUR CORNERS AND HIGHWAY 82.
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Comment [KV12]: This section of the
Kalispell Growth Policy 2020 was
amended in 2008, after the Old School
Station water and sewer lines were
installed and upsized to service
development in the area.
Comment [KV13]: No traffic study
has been prepared for either the
Gardner/VW PUD or the entire PUD
area.
Comment [KV14]: No landscaping,
parking, or lighting plans have been
submitted; no covenants have been
proposed to ensure quality or
architectural design.
Comment [KV15]: This refers to the
Old School Station water and sewer lines.
Comment [KV16]: This PUD does
not address these issues.
Comment [KV17]: No architectural
theme has been proposed. No CCRs
eXISt.
7. A GRID STREET SYSTEM SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED AS NEW DEVELOPMENT OCCURS 1
Comment [KV18]: The overall PUD
area has no grid system proposed. The 2-
lot PUD proposal does not even address
how it might connect to the other
neighboring properties in the overall
PUD.
Policies:
3. JAvoid a pattern of one deep linear commercial and industrial development along. the Highway 93 South Corridor;_
Comment [KV19]: This is all the z-
.lot -..
instead encourage development patterns that extend horizontally back from the highway creating commercial or
lot PUD is (two linear lots along Hwy
industrial centers and parks.
93). There is no conceptual or master
plan that shows how it is intended to
integrate with a larger development.
6. Frontage roads shall be developed as part of a grid street system to avoid additional accesses onto Highway 93.
7. Provide alternative north/south roadways parallel to Highway 93 on both the east and west sides of the highway. !
Comment [KV20]: The2-lot
GardnerNW PUD provides for access
9. High quality design standards shall be applied to new development along the corridor related to architecture parking
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lot layout, lighting, landscaping, setbacks and signage.
12. Ensure that there is a well informed public and property owners along the corridor regarding the implications of the
extension of public services to that area.
18. The following design standards are intended to enhance the gateway entrances to Kalispell:
a. Access control should be the norm along the 93 corridors.
b. Access should be coordinated so as to allow only collector or arterial streets to intersect Highway 93. The
judicious use of right -in right -out approaches, frontage roads and good internal development street design
should be the rule to reduce or eliminate the need for direct access onto major gateway roads.
c. Areas planned for commercial development along Highway 93 should occur as an j
utilizing and enhancing the property back from the highway as opposed to occurring as a shallow linear strip.
Significant individual business highway exposure, individual access points, and pole signage would not be the
Comment [KV21]: The only
norm. -------------- -- infonnation about signage is a"twin
pole" sign for the VW dealership. The
d. Monument signs are preferred over pole signs. overall PUD, and even the package.
PUD
f
g p 1� g lacks a conceptual sigh package.
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19. Development in the commercial areas should be mixed use in nature creating an overall integrated neighborhood as
opposed to linear strip commercial development fronting the gateway entrances.
Recommendations:
3. Architectural design standards should be adopted that require high quality design in architecture including four
sided architecture, landscaping, lighting, signage and parking lot design.
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Highway 93 South Corridor Growth Policy Amendment Area
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KALISPELL GROWTH POLICY 2020
APPENDIX A RESOURCES AND ANALYSIS
SECTION
Updated: November 2007 $20.00
CHAPTER 6 - LAND USE IN THE GROWTH POLICY AREA
Future Land Use
Designating future land use is a critical component of planning for growth. The process allows local officials to direct certain types of growth to
defined areas allowing for more efficient use of current infrastructure as well as to plan infrastructure to accommodate growth.
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